On 2012-11-02 13:05, Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Hi, > > Several weeks ago I installed Debian on my older Intel-based 32-bit machine. > In anticipation of this, I had installed a 1TB hard disk, which I expected to > be able to install three distros on for experimenting. > > Debian was the first distro (it came on a CD in a Linux magazine) I tried to > install. I expected that the installer would give me a choice about how much > partition space to use out of the 1TB available, but I could not find any way > in the installer to tell it not to use the full 1TB. I completed the > installation and the whole 1TB is used up. > > I'm quite new to installation Linux distros, and this list appears to be the > place to get good help and information. Right? > > Thanks, > Alan > >
Go to www.debian.org and select "Installation Manual" from the menu. If you look at section 6.3.2 then you see a concise description of what you can do with your disk and partitioning. Hint: check out the "manual" option. HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5093c33d.8070...@gmail.com
